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Every now and then I get a request for a reprint. This one was done in 2015 and is about wooden wagons. Hope you enjoy it.
How well I remember all the childhood illnesses, except whooping cough, since I was a child and cannot remember. I have mentioned Dr. S. Boyd …
The word vacation can mean a lot of different things according to whom you ask. Some think about camping out, while others dream of extended t…
I have heard the title of today's column since I was a kid. I asked a lot of questions as a youngster, but I'm sure I left out the one about t…
Recently, two gentlemen came before the Etowah City Commission, identifying themselves as the Haunted Travelers. They desired to use their tec…
Starting in the mid-'40s, I began to notice a difference in cars, especially as to shape. During World War II, car manufacturing came almost t…
Over the past year, I have read a great deal about economic development, growth, and new businesses that are on the horizon. I am encouraged. …
Occasionally, I am asked to do a reprint of a past column. I don't do that often, but here is one of my favorites because it is a story with t…
Well, Christmas has come and gone. However, this year invoked memories going way back to my childhood.
EDITOR'S NOTE: David James is taking time off from writing his weekly "Yesterday In Etowah" column during the holiday season. The following co…
EDITOR'S NOTE: David James is taking time off from writing his weekly "Yesterday In Etowah" column during the holiday season. The following co…
Two weeks back I read a story from a guest columnist in the Knoxville News- Sentinel titled, "Four reasons not to tear down old buildings." It…
Even after they grow up, they tend to remain the same. I have seen signs in homes that say "The only difference between men and boys is the si…
Due to the recent desire by a great many Etowah merchants to keep City Hall downtown, such made me recall how my parents, grandparents and eve…
I was certainly young in 1944 and 45 but old enough to be aware that the adults read the newspaper each day about World War II. Since he was P…
I began to think about things that we rarely see this day and time. Some of them would make you my age or somewhere close. Others (a few) woul…
Indeed I have written about softball (fastpitch) being King, not only in Etowah but all over the entire southeast. As a kid I was mesmerized b…
Just last week a reader stopped me in a store and we were discussing the early years and he asked me about where a particular grocery store wa…
Occasionally, I get a request for a reprint of a column I have written in the past. Herein is one written about a year-and-a-half ago and I wi…
This column was inspired by Jere Miller when I stopped on Sunday evening in the middle of the street. Jere was walking his dog. Like always, w…
Well, schools across the county are now back in full swing and what I see and read takes me back to my early school days and the start of my t…
Being a high school and college history major, I get excited when I see, obtain or come in possession of any print media that is older than I …
Here it is Tuesday and the eclipse is over and I'm a day late writing this in that our library was closed without advance notice. Yes, I watch…
I recently saw several notices in The DPA where area churches were having "Homecoming" and it immediately reminded me of my youth and my exper…
For the most part, not many of us even think of having to hitch up a horse and wagon to go to town or need a restroom and only an outhouse is …
Seventy-four years ago, this writer had a special, daily playmate. Last Friday that same playmate was buried beside her husband at the Green H…
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Several have asked for a reprint of this Jan. 10, 2014, column that covers several years of Piledriver football, so here goes!
Before starting this column I want to note that I left out of last week's column the fact that the elevator for our library was made possible …